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    Howdy folks,

     Well my old first gen WHS system finally and loudly died off, but the wife gave me the OK to upgrade when I could get the parts together.  Done.

     I also decided to upgrade to WHS 2011 64bit but am a bit concerned about my current stored files.  My OS drive was only 80gig for the older version of WHS, but the new one is over 400gig, and of course my storage drive was a TB+ drive.  That is where I am having nervous issues.  How well will the new WHS 2011 software deal with files stored under the older WHS version?  I have copied all of my files shares off to my main PC (reasonable precaution IMO), but it took 2 days.  I'd love to just install the new software on the new system and plug my external storage drive in and the sun will shine and the birdies will chirp, life will be good.  Rarely does that ever happen.  :rolleyes:

    Anyone try upgrading before?  The OS drive in this case will have a fresh install of WHS 2011, I'm not going to try installing over the top of the older version since 2011 has a larger OS drive requirement.  Any tips on this would be wonderful, but I have a supply of adult diapers standing by just in case...

    Ron

     



    • Edited by Ron VanD Saturday, October 15, 2011 11:07 PM
    Saturday, October 15, 2011 11:05 PM

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    No I am not! WHS 2011 disks are standard NTFS drives - no Drive Extender, tombstones etc as per WHS1. I have had much success copying to WHS 2011 via a GB LAN connection which will be similar speed to a USB3 connection to a mechanical HDD.
    Phil P.S. If you find my comment helpful or if it answers your question, please mark it as such.
    • Marked as answer by Ron VanD Saturday, October 15, 2011 11:40 PM
    Saturday, October 15, 2011 11:34 PM

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    Ron

    No upgrade path available so you would not be able to install WHS2011 on your original drive without fully formatting it. Shared folders are created on D: (primary disk) but you can move them to where you want if you have a larger storage disk you want to use. Regarding your data, it's not going to be as easy as you hoped for! WHS will not automatically see your old data so I am afraid it will be another long copying activity. What mechanism did you use that took 2 days?

     

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    Saturday, October 15, 2011 11:18 PM
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    Ghads I hope your wrong, but in case you are not I am going to try hooking up to a USB3 port for the storage drive (USB3 was not available on my old hardware).  Maybe I can cut that copy time down to 8 hours rather than 36.

    Ron

     

    Saturday, October 15, 2011 11:29 PM
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    No I am not! WHS 2011 disks are standard NTFS drives - no Drive Extender, tombstones etc as per WHS1. I have had much success copying to WHS 2011 via a GB LAN connection which will be similar speed to a USB3 connection to a mechanical HDD.
    Phil P.S. If you find my comment helpful or if it answers your question, please mark it as such.
    • Marked as answer by Ron VanD Saturday, October 15, 2011 11:40 PM
    Saturday, October 15, 2011 11:34 PM
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    Chill dude, I was not attempting to cast aspersions, just some wishful thinking. 

    OK, I have to go through the whole copy/paste thing again.  (sigh)  Please note that I am not happy about that, but I DID plan for it. 

    Ron

     

    Saturday, October 15, 2011 11:39 PM
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    Totally chilled - didn't want to leave you thinking you had an easy ride ;-)

    There are quicker ways of copying than using Windows copy & paste. Look at things like RichCopy, RoboCopy etc but probably not worth the effort for a one off - also see my other comment, about using a GB LAN, to your other question.

     

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    Saturday, October 15, 2011 11:50 PM